Breakfast brief: Gloomy start but clearer skies later

Breakfast brief
Gloomy start but clearer skies later

Side by side weather radars of the UK and Ireland, first showing widespread cloud cover, and later in the day, clearer skies for the evening.

Morning cloud cover clears into the evening.

A cold, overcast start but cloud cover clears into the evening.

Kickstarting your day

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Weather outlook

It's a cold and gloomy start to Friday, but the cloud clears later ahead of a planetary parade with eight planets visible, wind gusts are calm for most, reaching up to 35 mph in western Scotland and Ireland.

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Weather & Radar editorial team